Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development

It is the idea that objects exist even if the are out of sight.

• Elimination

• Reversibility

• Object Permanence

• Conceptualize

The stage in Piaget's Theory where a child have the ability to systematically solve a problem in a logical and methodological way.

• Sensorimotor Stage

• Preoperational Stage

• Concrete Operational Stage

• Formal Operational Stage

It is a stage in Piaget's Theory where a child understand the world by coordinating sensory experiences.

• Sensorimotor Stage

• Preoperational Stage

• Concrete Operational Stage

• Formal Operational Stage

How many stages are in Piaget's cognitive development theory?

• 1

• 6

• 3

• 4

Piaget argued that children develop through adaption - they adjust to the world as they experience new things. True or False?

• True

• False

The process of taking in new information and adding it to what the child already knows is called __________

• accommodation
• schemata
• assimilation
• all of the above

Problem solving and ______ are developed during the fourth stage, formal operational.

• questioning

• thinking

• listening

• reasoning

During the preoperational stage children a very _________

• independent
• loud
• egocentric
• self centered

Cindy understands her world primarily by grasping and sucking easily available objects. Cindy is clearly in Piaget's ________ stage

• preoperational
• concrete operational
• sensorimotor
• formal operational

An infant who has developed object permanence...

• is attached to specific objects, such as a blanket.
• will see all objects as being the same.
• knows that an object, such as a rattle, exists even if it is not in view.
• cries when a wanted object is taken away.